One of my best swims yet. I felt like I swam decent last year, so improving by 58 seconds feels that much better. I rounded the pontoon boat at 4:15 and stood up at 8:30, so I swam very consistently and passed a few people on the way back in. Very happy with my performance here, but I would love to knock another 45+ seconds off next year!

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Had a very good T1. Not much to improve on here.

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A very good bike leg. Got on the bike easily and got going up and over the first little hills before I got my feet in. Putting feet in went smoothly. A few miles were a very rough chip/seal which wasn't fun, but everyone had to deal with it, and pushing at race pace, I don't have much pressure on the saddle anyway. Pushed hard most of the race and really tried to push up the hills. On the way back, I got out of the saddle and really hammered on the up-hills.

Not much, possibly try to keep pushing instead of recovering so much on downhills.

Another excellent transition. Slipped shoes on and grabbed race number to put on while running out of transition.

Only thing I can think of is maybe unbuckle helmet while running.

A great run. I came out of T2 2:40 behind the leader, so I headed out hard and was determined to push all the way to the finish. I was struggling to keep my calves from cramping for the first 1/4 mile, but they finally loosened up. After a little more than 1/2 mile into the run, I saw the leader for the first time. Hit the first mile marker slower than 7 minutes and was kinda bummed, but I didn't know how accurate it was either. By the time we turned the second corner, I could tell I was gaining on the leader and felt pretty good. At the second mile marker, my split was 6:09 which gave me a boost to see that number. I figured the first mile was off and the second mile marker was accurate, which still put me down in the 6:30 pace for the first 2 miles. I was VERY close to the leader and caught him looking over his shoulder. I passed him shortly after the 2nd mile and knew I could stay ahead of him for the rest of the run. I hit mile 3 @ 6:09, and knew the first mile had to be off, and I was feeling great at this point. I pushed hard all the way to the finish, not knowing if anyone from the second wave would be ahead of me or not.

Not much I can think of here other than maybe push a little harder the first mile.

Not much here... just walked around and chatted with everyone.


Again, can't really complain about much of anything. Had a great race all around.